How to MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS in English as a learner or improver.
02/08/25 • 25 min
How do you know if your English is improving and getting better? Measuring progress is difficult when learning English, especially for intermediate and advanced speakers. Should you take a test or exam like IELTS or TOEFL for instance? Today we talk about 6 methods to measure your progress and track how much better your English is getting. So if you use English as a second language at work, as a non native speaker, and your goal is to sound more native and natural, then hopefully you’ll find this podcast useful.
Helping international English speakers to improve their communication skills is my full time job! If you'd like to book a call with me to work on your English then, click this link.
https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start
The Golden List method
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/learning-languages/the-goldlist-method
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
How do you know if your English is improving and getting better? Measuring progress is difficult when learning English, especially for intermediate and advanced speakers. Should you take a test or exam like IELTS or TOEFL for instance? Today we talk about 6 methods to measure your progress and track how much better your English is getting. So if you use English as a second language at work, as a non native speaker, and your goal is to sound more native and natural, then hopefully you’ll find this podcast useful.
Helping international English speakers to improve their communication skills is my full time job! If you'd like to book a call with me to work on your English then, click this link.
https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start
The Golden List method
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/learning-languages/the-goldlist-method
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
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Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work. - How to MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS in English as a learner or improver.
Transcript
Welcome back to the Breakout Business English podcast. My name is Chris and my full -time job as always is helping international professionals who use English as a second language at work to improve their professional communication skills. In today's podcast, we're talking about measuring progress.So if you've been speaking English as a second or third language for a while, then maybe you find it difficult to know when you're improving. When we first start learning a language, there are lots o
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